MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 199 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 501 55% 434 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 03BE) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 21.9 Parallax 24.4 25% 25.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 90GB 979 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7822633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -27084063762884 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2599 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 477 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7822633 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7822633 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7822633 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9491 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11914 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11914 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12812	48.9% Average	Read 302 Write 113 Mixed 151 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 12.2 94% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 12.6 26% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 77%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 639GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3814 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 868 (0A) Spinup retry count 117 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 921 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864708138 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 743 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 212 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	66.7% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 24.3 62% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.28 121% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 43 (03) Spinup time 177 158 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9194 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2683 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67243 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 199 282	37.1% Below average	Read 68.4 Write 60.7 Mixed 43.9 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 67%
WD WD20EACS-11BHUB0 2TB 1,089 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 253 160 1250 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2901 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 323 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 98223 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 18	26.5% Poor	Read 46.2 Write 45.9 Mixed 12 25% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.13 57% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10064625 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 110994172 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 74 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3906 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BE) vendor-specific 60 53 673644584 (C2) HDA temperature 40 47 51539607592 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 25 10064625 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68504728356344 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2774671423 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3717404927	35.9% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 63.7 Mixed 44.4 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.38 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2000EL Series Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 2000EL Series Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.4% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	63x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	41x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	10x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	5x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16